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Placebos Correct Answer-when a patient insists on having a medical cure by a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called _________. naturalistic observation Correct Answer-On his first day as a school psychologist, Da...

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Creighton University Intro to Psych Final for
Schwiesow's PSY 201 questions with correct answers
Placebos Correct Answer-when a patient insists on having a medical
cure by a physician does not believe that medicine is necessary, the
physician may prescribe sugar pills. Such fake pills are called
_________.


naturalistic observation Correct Answer-On his first day as a school
psychologist, Daniel took a trip to the school ground and quietly sat in
the corner watching the children play. He noticed several patterns in the
way children behaved with each other, especially when they were
playing games. Daniel is most likely using the method of _________.


It is designed to find solutions to specific personal or social problems.
Correct Answer-Which of the following statements is true of applied
research?


Correlation Correct Answer-an association among variables is known as
________.


Critical Thinking Correct Answer-____________ is defined as a way of
evaluating the claims and comments of other people that involves
skepticism and examination of evidence.


Behaviorist Correct Answer-When you are training a pet, you are most
likely relying on which of the following psychological perspectives?

,Biological Correct Answer-The _______ perspective works on the
assumption that thoughts, fantasies, and dreams—and the inborn or
instinctive behavior patterns of various species—are made possible by
the nervous system and especially by the brain.


Insist on evidence Correct Answer-Which of the following is a principle
of critical thinking?


Psychologists are guided by principles of critical thinking as they try to
draw conclusions from research evidence collected through the scientific
method. Correct Answer-Which of the following statements is true of
the scientific method?


correlation coefficient Correct Answer-a ________ expresses the
strength and direction (positive or negative) of the relationship between
two variables


Cognitive Psychologists Correct Answer-________ primarily study how
we perceive and mentally represent the world, how we learn, remember
the past, plan, problem solve, and use language.


reinforcement Correct Answer-Sofia does not like eating vegetables. To
ensure that she eats vegetables, her mother offers her an extra helping of
dessert every time Sofia finishes her vegetables. In the context of
behaviorism, this is known as _____.

,statement about behavior or mental processes that is testable through
research. Correct Answer-A hypothesis is:


double-blind Correct Answer-Ferris is a research assistant in Dr. Smith's
psychology lab. When the participant asked him what the conditions of
the study were, Derris replied, "I do not know." This is an example of a
________ study.


that organisms learn to behave in certain ways because their behavior
has a positive outcome. Correct Answer-B. F. Skinner proposed


school psychologist Correct Answer-Professor Schwiesow is trained as
which of the following?


the participants are debriefed afterward Correct Answer-According to
the American Psychological Association's Handbooks of Ethics in
Psychology, which of the following criteria must be met for
psychologists to use deception in their experiments?


forensic psychologist Correct Answer-Jane is a practicing psychologist
who assessed the mental status of people charged with crimes and shares
her findings with the courts. Jane is most likely a(n) ______.


pure research Correct Answer-Research that is undertaken primarily
because the researcher is interested in a research topic is called:

, Broca's Aphasia Correct Answer-phoebe recently suffered a major fall in
which she sustained brain injuries. Since then, she has had immense
difficulty in communicating with others. She appears to understand what
others tell her, but her responses are slow and laborious. Her sentences
are always incomplete, with important grammatical words missing.
Which of the following conditions best reflects Phoebe's case?


gamma-aminobutyric acid Correct Answer-Esteban finds that he is often
very anxious and not at ease. Which of the following neurotransmitters
might help him the most?


prefrontal cortex Correct Answer-Some researchers consider the
_______ to be the "executive center" of the brain, where decisions are
made to keep information in working memory and to solve problems.


Epinephrine Correct Answer-______ intensifies most emotions and is
central to the experience of fear and anxiety.


Glial cells Correct Answer-______ form a fatty substance called myelin.


genotype Correct Answer-which of the following represent your full
genetic potential?


medulla Correct Answer-Which of the following plays a significant role
in sleeping, sneezing, and coughing?

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